Re: [2.6 patch] mark the mcd cdrom driver as BROKEN

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 06:22:55PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> > The mcd driver drives only very old hardware (some single and double 
> > speed CD drives that were connected either via the soundcard or a 
> > special ISA card), and the mcdx driver offers more functionality for
> > the  same hardware.
> > 
> > My plan is to mark MCD as broken in 2.6.11 and if noone complains 
> > completely remove this driver some time later.
> > (...)
> > -	depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI
> > +	depends on CD_NO_IDESCSI && BROKEN
> 
> Shouldn't we introduce a DEPRECATED option for use in cases like this
> one?

We could.

We could also list MCD in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 
first.

But in this case I doubt it makes any difference.

This driver is for hardware where I doubt many users exist today, and it 
should have been removed nearly ten years ago when the better mcdx 
driver for the same now-obsolete hardware entered the kernel.

> Thanks,

cu
Adrian

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